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The announcement followed a record $35bln investment deal with UAE and coincided with a sharp devaluation of the currency and a 600-basis-point increase in the central bank’s overnight interest rates, breathing new life into Egypt’s flagging finances

Egypt has recorded a primary surplus of EGP 416 billion during the first nine months of the current fiscal year (FY) 2023/2024, amounting to 3% of the gross domestic product (GDP), Minister of Finance Mohamed Maait revealed in a statement on April 8th.